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The large number of monuments include a coffin lid in the chancel with a foliated cross under a lady's head in relief in a quatrefoil.

By now, the High Street was crammed with houses: all the plots had been filled.

After the livestock market on Monday (the sheep market), Tuesday and Friday, animals would head out all over Lancashire. The origin of the name Clitheroe is surrounded by doubts and mystery.

Beside Liptons, the Pearl Assurance sign hides that of the Kings Head. Beyond, Lloyds Bank (established 1835) remains, with the 15th-century Star Hotel visible behind.

cotton, the MSC saw its share of total UK imports for Egyptian cotton rise from 21.4 per cent to 33.6 per cent by 1899-1900; in anticipation of lucrative contracts for frozen meat, the MSC went ahead

Their headquarters, ironically, were in the same Middle Row house where the first cholera victims had died.

The church has an attractive Norman south door, with corbels with heads of a bish- op and two angels inside the porch.

The tracery heads of the screen are original, and show their Decorated rather than Perpendicular origin.

The village population had grown to just short of 700, and there were now over 100 houses. The way of life had remained basically agricultural.

Fareham held an annual Cheese Fair, and in 1830 an account was published in The Times newspaper: 'Our fair on Tuesday last (29 June) was the fullest and best that has been known for some years.

The village population had grown to just short of 700, and there were now over 100 houses. The way of life had remained basically agricultural.

Disillusioned with their former masters in Parliament, Poyer and Laugharne, two former Parliamentarian commanders, switched sides during the Civil Wars and held Pembroke Castle for the Royalist cause

Maidstone was the head of navigation of the Medway for centuries. This was because the river's upper reaches were crowded with fisheries and mills that impeded navigation.

The charter not only gave them the lordship of the manor of Hallgarth and a large collection of property, but also the right to collect tolls belonging to the manor, and the right (previously held

Things recently came to a head in 1998 when there was a decision to divide Shropshire into two areas, the county of Shropshire and the Borough of Telford and Wrekin, thus bringing to an end over

Eventually patched up and refloated, she was heading for St Helier accompanied by the tug 'Em.Z.Sviter' when water started pouring into her.

A young man seemed to be dominating with his forceful arguments; there was much nodding of heads, and one opulently dressed gentleman seemed particularly impressed.

The charter not only gave them the lordship of the manor of Hallgarth and a large collection of property, but also the right to collect tolls belonging to the manor, and the right (previously held

Between the figures is the round-headed rampion flower, known as the 'Pride of Sussex'.

They also had a chance to look at some tunnels, and the concrete blocks set with chains to which you handcuffed yourself.

In 1871 William Haworth had joined his father Thomas in the family cotton business; Thomas was a major employer and owned several mills.

Within 20 years, well-to-do commuter communities had sprung up along the lines; indeed, Alderley Edge village itself did not exist before the trains came - it is a Victorian creation dating from

As the B&CSPCo had been adjudged a wholly-owned subsidiary, there was the certainty of further heavy fines if it continued to operate, and the railway's directors would be imprisoned for contempt of

At the west end there are dedications to a Head Master, Lower Master and assistant master dated around 1889.